Pinghe Uprising Memorial Hall

　　The “Red Land” – Pinghe County, situated on the border between Fujian and Guangdong, is one of the four key revolutionary old districts in Fujian Province and the only Central Soviet Area county in Zhangzhou. As early as during the democratic revolution period, it became an important revolutionary base in both Fujian and Guangdong provinces. Between 1920 and 1930, many revolutionary pioneers such as [names omitted], Chen Yi, Zhang Dingcheng, Deng Zihui, Tan Zhenlin, Tao Zhu, [names omitted], and Huang Huoxing fought and lived on this red soil, sowing the seeds of revolution. In October 1927, [name omitted] led some troops from the Nanchang Uprising from Guangdong into Fujian via Pinghe, where he personally met with Zhu Jilei, the then Secretary of the Pinghe County Committee of the CPC, conveyed the spirit of the August 7th Meeting of the Party, and provided specific guidance on launching armed struggle. In February 1928, the Pinghe County Committee of the CPC decided to establish the First Independent Regiment of Fujian Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army and a Revolutionary Committee. On March 8, under the overall command of Zhu Jilei, the First Independent Regiment of Fujian Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army, together with Yongding’s “Iron Blood Regiment,” Raoping’s “Rifle Team,” and the Farmers’ Self-Defense Army of Dabu from the Fujian-Guangdong border, launched the momentous “Pinghe Uprising” that shook both Fujian and Guangdong. They captured Pinghe County, firing the first shot in Fujian’s armed resistance against reactionaries and the fight for self-governance.